2004 and
our third Amazon trip, this one to some tributaries of the Tapajos
system. Again it took a lot of travelling on internal flights,
busses and car journeys to get here. Both Clearwater and Blackwater
rivers, rapids, lagoons and quiet backwaters.

A veritable fishy paradise, well, it
would be a paradise if it wasn't for the swarms of piums/sandflys
that relentlessly attacked every bit of exposed skin. We should have
noted immediately that everyone was in long trousers, long shirts,
and even GLOVES!

This was
a 'Lodge' trip, a bit of luxury for a change. Pousada Mantega
is where we stayed, and highly recommended both for the fishing, and
the facilities.. air con, great food, excellent guides. And a good
variety of habitats and fish Cachora, Corvina, Bicuda, Tucunare, Jundia, Jau,
Caparari, Barbado . . . and more